William Freiburg
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William Freiburg | |
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| Personal | |
| Affiliation | House Freiburg |
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| Profession | Duke of Giausar |
William Freiburg was the Duke of Giausar during the FedCom Civil War.
History[edit]
FedCom Civil War[edit]
By the beginning of the FedCom Civil War Giausar was one of the three main gateways for trade between the Lyran Alliance and the Free Worlds League. Initially, Giausar was kept largely free of conflict, as Leutnant-General Andrew Giggins, the Commanding Officer of the Fourth Crucis Lancers RCT, taking a neutral line, arguing that the defense of an important border world was more important than the argument between Katherine Steiner-Davion and Victor Steiner-Davion. The Fourth was a multicultural unit, recruited from both Lyran and Federated Suns personnel, and had no desire to be drawn into the conflict.[1]
Maintaining the Fourth's neutrality required Giggins to balance demands from the planetary governor, Duke William Freiburg, against those of Richard Steiner, commander of the Cavanaugh Theater. Despite the challenges this entailed, Giggins kept the Fourth neutral until March 3064, at which point he surprised observers by declaring the Fourth's support for Victor. The reasons for Giggins' declaration were unclear; some believed that with Victor at large in the Bolan Province, Higgins was attempting to curry favor, while others argued that Giggins was responding to the risk of the Fourth being attacked by Loyalist units following Katherine's order to remove the security threat posed by neutral units.[1]